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there is something charming seeing his off-kilter lope, down the sidewalks and through the rain. there’s something about his neck. I could recognize it almost anywhere. Something about his mouth, how he forms his words. It’s like a bird at the edge of flight. a half smile in the sunshine, eyes as bright as my empty grandmothers vase, they tear my skin and look inside me, assure me that I’m not too insane. I know when I think too much when I’m around myself too often I start to lose touch with that idea of reality that is so monopolized by the needy self-indulged ants, sitting by the heart of the womb of their comforts coffins. these people are flighty. They aren’t risky, they’re just flighty. And I need someone who’s not see through, he’s quite tangible. is that why I long to feel him constantly, his skin pulsing softly against my fingertips the slightest curvature of his very being, I would like to kiss until I am solidity in myself as well I almost need him though I don’t want to admit. when I can be held like that, Its like something is keeping me from completely losing my head I know I am not infinite I know that I could be swept off like a candle in the wind at any moment. No we are not boundless. We are very limited, very flawed. all we have is the moments we’re living, and we’re stuck with an idea for the future. We’re never happy, the grass is greener on the other side, true enough, but theres something wrong with not seeing life as it is in the moment, when you’re trying to write a story about it to look back upon in the future. what if there is no future to sit and look back upon? whats the other side? we only have our past for granted, the present a promise, and the future a lie, because we are not infinite, no, but He makes me stupid, He makes me feel like im forever.
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Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 at 4:32 PM UTC
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there is something charming seeing his off-kilter lope, down the sidewalks and through the rain. there’s something about his neck. I could recognize it almost anywhere. Something about his mouth, how he forms his words. It’s like a bird at the edge of flight. a half smile in the sunshine, eyes as bright as my empty grandmothers vase, they tear my skin and look inside me, assure me that I’m not too insane. I know when I think too much when I’m around myself too often I start to lose touch with that idea of reality that is so monopolized by the needy self-indulged ants, sitting by the heart of the womb of their comforts coffins. these people are flighty. They aren’t risky, they’re just flighty. And I need someone who’s not see through, he’s quite tangible. is that why I long to feel him constantly, his skin pulsing softly against my fingertips the slightest curvature of his very being, I would like to kiss until I am solidity in myself as well I almost need him though I don’t want to admit. when I can be held like that, Its like something is keeping me from completely losing my head I know I am not infinite I know that I could be swept off like a candle in the wind at any moment. No we are not boundless. We are very limited, very flawed. all we have is the moments we’re living, and we’re stuck with an idea for the future. We’re never happy, the grass is greener on the other side, true enough, but theres something wrong with not seeing life as it is in the moment, when you’re trying to write a story about it to look back upon in the future. what if there is no future to sit and look back upon? whats the other side? we only have our past for granted, the present a promise, and the future a lie, because we are not infinite, no, but He makes me stupid, He makes me feel like im forever.
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Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 at 4:32 PM UTC
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